The Speeches in Thucydides
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The Speeches in Thucydides

A Collection of Original Studies with a Bibliography

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The Speeches in Thucydides

A Collection of Original Studies with a Bibliography

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In this collection of nine essays, a group of internationally known classicists examine from a variety of viewpoints the speeches that Thucydides inserted into the history of the Peloponnesian War. The essayists include: William C. West III, Henry R. Immerwahr, W. James McCoy, Philip A. Stadter, A. R. Rubitschek, N. G. L. Hammond, Hans-Peter Stahl, and H. D. Westlake. George W. Kennedy provides an introduction. Originally published in 1973. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781469617275
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Literary Collections
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. The Speeches in Thucydides: A Description and Listing
  5. Pathology of Power and the Speeches in Thucydides
  6. The Speech of the Athenians at Sparta
  7. The Particular and the Universal in the Speeches in Thucydides with Special Reference to That of Hermocrates at Gela
  8. Speeches and Course of Events in Books Six and Seven of Thucydides
  9. The "Non-Speeches" of Pisander in Thucydides, Book Eight
  10. The Settings of Thucydidean Speeches
  11. Thucydidean Orators in Plutarch
  12. A Bibliography of Scholarship on the Speeches in Thucydides, 1873–1970
  13. Index of Names and Passages